Flint Rasmussen the Treasure State’s most famous rodeo name

Flint Rasmussen of Stevensville found fame as a rodeo barrelman and now works exclusively for the Professional Bull Riders Tour. He earned PRCA Clown of the Year honors for eight years and won the Coors “Man in the Can” award seven times.
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Montana is home to so many noteworthy rodeo stars that it isn’t even funny.

Well, maybe that’s not true for arguably the most famous cowboy ever from the Treasure State.

Flint Rasmussen was a star athlete while growing up in Choteau and developed his love for rodeo as a young boy trailing his father, Stan, a longtime announcer. Flint eventually found his way to the rodeo arena, but not as a competitor. He’s become one of the world’s most famous clowns, a funnyman who found fame as a rodeo barrelman and now works exclusively for the Professional Bull Riders Tour.

Rasmussen earned PRCA Clown of the Year honors for eight years and won the Coors “Man in the Can” award seven times. Now he appears exclusively at Professional Bull Riders events.

The 46-year-old Rasmussen is still at it, making rodeo fans laugh. Five years removed from a heart attack, he’s still making rodeo fans laugh.

While he is Montana’s most famous funnyman, he has competition of course when it comes to determining the Treasure State’s greatest cowboy.

Benny Reynolds of Twin Bridges, who died earlier this year at age 77, was a former All-Around Champion cowboy and inductee into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Dan Mortensen of Billings won six world championships in an amazing saddle bronc career.

Other rodeo stars who deserve consideration include bronc rider Bud Munroe of Billings and bull rider Ronnie Rossen of Broadus. And then there’s Alice Greenough of Red Lodge, who it is said “busted broncs and busted ranks in the macho world of rodeo.”

The Treasure State, it can be argued, is the country’s cowboy capital. Young stars are born, not made, in Montana.